Based on the four most controversial short stories of the legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hassan Manto, Mantostaan sheds light on the inhumane side of mankind. Set during the Indo-Pakistan partition in 1947, the movie highlights the retributive genocide between the religions, killing as many as 20,00,000 people and displacing over 14 million people.

Mantostaan

The film is based on author Ismat Chughtai's celebrated masterpiece "Lihaaf" by the same name. The screenplay interweaves the Begum's strife in a loveless marriage with the court trial Ismat went through having faced charges of obscenity.